Beckham County, OK flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Beckham County sits at the 31.8th national percentile, among the lowest flood hazard in the country; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 2 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Beckham County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Beckham County's mapped flood zone, so a reliable mandatory-compliance percentage can't be computed here — see the data quality guide for why this gap exists for roughly a quarter of US counties. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.1% of all residential structures in Beckham County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Beckham County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Beckham County ranks 2201 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1711 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 22,248 people live in Beckham County, Oklahoma, spread over 901.675 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Beckham County
7 of Beckham County's 9,107 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Beckham County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Beckham County's compliance figure is one of the ones affected by FEMA's incomplete denominator data — the data quality guide explains what that means and how many counties it touches.